mochi; (sticky) rice cake
close-cropped hair; harvesting
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to find fault with; to question
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
final; eventual; ultimate
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
bill (at a restaurant); check
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
student (esp. a university student)
popular spot; popular place; popular location
low tone; bass; low voice
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
to go ahead; to pull ahead
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc.
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy